Coming To America
Hyattsville’s official and immigrant advocacy group says Hispanic immigrants still face discrimination locally
Luis Hernandez came to America 20 years ago to earn enough money to educate his children. His wife and two children stayed in their home town of Morales Izabal in Guatemala to wait for the financial help Hernandez said he promised to secure. "I had to educate them," he said. "At home, there is no money. For one day, people earn $25." Hernandez, 49, first arrived to Los Angeles in 1990 where he spent seven years as a tailor. And when he realized that a wage of $5.50 per hour was not enough to support the needs of his family overseas, he decided to move east, ending up and staying in Hyattsville – for the last 13 years. His reasons: "No discrimination in Hyattsville," Hernandez, who is a gardener for the Southern Management Corporation, …
